How to Use ASF Video Converter to Convert ASF on Mac?
What are. ASF files?
Short for Advanced Systems Format (formerly Advanced Streaming Format, Active Streaming Format), ASF is a proprietary digital audio/digital video container format developed by Microsoft. As a part of the Windows Media framework, ASF is especially used for streaming media.
Instead of specifying how (i.e. with which codec) the video or audio should be encoded, ASF does more in the structure of the video/audio stream which is quite similar to the function performed by the AVI, QuickTime, or Ogg container formats. Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV) are the most common file types contained in an ASF file.
How to play .ASF files on Mac OS X?
A solution is VLC. It plays a wide variety of video formats, including VCDs and DVDs.
Another solution is MPlayer, which plays a wide variety of formats. It's still under development and has some rough edges, so at this point VLC is a better choice.
How to use ASF video converter to convert ASF on Mac OS X (Lion included)?
Software required:
iMedia Converter for Mac ( Convert DVD and Video to ASF or convert ASF files to pretty much any format)
Note: This tutorial is on how to convert DVD and videos to ASF on Mac. You can also use this software to convert ASF to MOV, MP4, MPEG, etc. on Mac. If you only need convert videos to ASF on Mac, you can use Video Converter for Mac to do the job. This app also supports a wide range of file formats. You can read these step by step guides to get your solution: M4V to ASF on Mac, YouTube to ASF on Mac, MP4 to ASF on Mac, QuickTime to ASF on Mac, AVCHD to ASF on Mac, Flip video to ASF on Mac etc.
Run iMedia Converter for Mac
To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and drag the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want it).
Load DVD or Videos you want to convert to ASF
Drag & drop the DVD disc image 
or video file(s) to the grey area. Or head to "File" menu, select "Load DVD" / "Add Video/Audio files" and navigate to the files you want to add.
After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program.
Choose output format as ASF
Simply click the format icon 
to open output format list. Choose ASF format from the format drop-down list before the conversion.
Edit the DVD or video (Optional)
You can trim, crop, set special effect or add watermark to DVD and videos on Mac.
Convert Videos and DVD to ASF
Click "Convert" button to start to convert Videos and DVD to ASF. The iMedia Converter would finishe the rest of the DVD to ASF Mac conversion automatically.
Then you can transfer the output ASF videos to the movie folder via explorer or finder.
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